Comments | ontd_political: Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's sentence

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Obama commutes Chelsea Manning's sentence

Jan 17, 2017 18:26

BY JORDAN FABIAN - 01/17/17 04:20 PM EST ( Read more... )

wikileaks, justice department, chelsea manning, pardons, barack obama, lgbtq / gender & sexual minorities

Comments 12

scriptedending January 17 2017, 23:39:42 UTC

Happy for her, she never deserved 35 years in jail.

lightframes January 18 2017, 00:13:12 UTC

HE DID THE THING

I'm glad she's getting out early. She's already been treated way too roughly.

grace_om January 18 2017, 01:18:17 UTC

I was hoping he would do this. Very glad to see it.

shahar January 18 2017, 02:28:24 UTC

Same.

checkerdandy January 18 2017, 01:49:33 UTC

I'm so glad Obama did this. She has definitely suffered more than a whistleblower should.

ioplokon January 18 2017, 05:16:08 UTC

I'm so pleasantly surprised!! I was really hoping he would do this (esp b/c it's horrifying to think of what would happen to her in prison under Trump), but considering Obama's general record on whistleblowing, wasn't overly optimistic that it would happen. I'm glad he did the right thing.